Thursday, November 8, 2012

Kabaya Ju-C Watermelon Tablets - Asian Food Market : Cherry Hill, NJ

Kabaya Ju-C Watermelon Tablets - Asian Food Market : Cherry Hill, NJ

Time for something new! This time I picked up Kabaya’s Ju-C Watermelon tablets! According to THIS SITE
these candies have a bit of calcium in them to promote health, but the
nutritional information on my package says they contain 0% Calcium for
the whole tube. Oh well, candy-is-candy!

This packaging is different from all the others I have
reviewed so far! Meiji uses cardboard to make their tubes, but Kabaya
has used clear plastic! You can easily remove the wrapping and then you
can have a clear plastic tube to store beads or other crafting supplies.
After taking off the plastic I noticed the cap has an animal design on
it, it’s raised and could possibly be used for a stamp!

On to the candy, after taking off the cap I could smell
sweet watermelon. More specifically, the scent reminds me of watermelon
water-ice, or Polish water-ice. It smells fruity, smooth, and very
sweet.

The candy comes in two colors, yellow and pink, because there ARE yellow watermelons out there! (A little watermelon humor from Tumblr.) I have had both before, and there really wasn’t much difference in flavor. (The yellow might have been a bit sweeter, but it still tasted like watermelon.)

Do these tablets taste like watermelon?

Yellow - Tastes very bold, almost a little
tart, but it definitely tastes like watermelon water-ice. The tablet
slowly dissolves on your tongue, and it is very juicy! I was surprised
by just how juicy the taste was!

Pink - Is milder in flavor than the
yellow, the overall flavor was more like eating a real watermelon, and I
found that the little flecks in this one became pulpy bits that
reminded me of actual watermelon texture!

EDIT 1/13/2014

I went to Kabaya's official website and, with the help of Google translation, I found out that these are fresh watermelon and water melon soda flavored. I am guessing yellow was real melon and pink was melon soda, but I'm not 100% sure.

I think these candies were amazing! The taste is so authentic! This
brand makes several other flavors and I am excited to try more.